(A) The county coroner shall charge a fee for the issuance of official reports to persons or companies having a material interest in any matter, such as investigative reports, autopsy reports, and toxicology reports provided by the coroner’s office as follows:
Consult report $50
Autopsy report $100
Toxicology report $25
Other reports $10 for each first page and $0.50 for each additional page
No fees shall be charged to the next of kin of persons who are the subject of such reports.
(B) The coroner’s office shall charge a fee of $20 for the issuance of a permit for the cremation of the body of any person who died in the county, pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code § 17-5-310.
(C) The county coroner shall charge $15 per CD for photographs.
(D) The county coroner shall charge a fee of $1,000 for cost of cremation, transportation and administrative fees to take possession of cremains of decedent that was deemed indigent at the time of death.
(E) Indigent cases will be held at the holding facility of the coroner for a minimum of 30 days, to give time for family notification and/or to allow family time in which to obtain funds to make proper arrangements. After the passage of 30 days, the next of kin must sign an authorization for cremation. If there is no next of kin, the coroner shall sign the authorization for cremation. The coroner's office shall retain the cremains for a period of one year. If after this one-year time period the family would like to receive the cremains, they may do so by reimbursing the county in the amount $1,000.
(‘77 Code, § 2-12) (Am. Ord. 1002, passed 3-4-02; Am. Ord. 3106, passed 5-19-14)